Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1029767)	9/7/2017 1:11:11 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578901

Brumar, these are unnamed sources. They don't present how they arrived at their estimates like Forbes did. Meanwhile, your own link says that Forbes interviewed 80 sources and spent a considerable amount of resources estimating Trump's net worth. In October, Forbes magazine offered its own assessment of the mogul’s wealth, concluding, “After interviewing more than 80 sources and devoting unprecedented resources to valuing a single fortune, we’re going with a figure less than half that — $4.5 billion, albeit still the highest figure we’ve ever had for him.” The case for the low-ball estimates are based on hearsay, "anonymous sources," and out-of-context innuendo. All three form the trifecta of "fake news." Nothing you said so far has convinced me that I should believe your "anonymous sources," all of whom have an axe to grind, over Forbes. Tenchusatsu